NBC's Las Vegas

I can't say enough good things about NBC's Las Vegas. If there's one cast of a show that I would meet if I could, it would be the gang at Las Vegas.

You would think a show about running a hotel in Las Vegas would get redundant after awhile, but it doesn't. James Caan is brilliant as "Big Ed", the hotel's manager. And every once in awhile the show winks at the audience. In a recent episode, for example, Ed admits that he's never seen The Godfather.

When it premiered in the fall of 2003, it got mediocre reviews. Some critics said it wouldn't last. But I've stuck by it since the Pilot episode, and, now in it's third season, only gets better. Although still highly underrated, it has become a gem for NBC who has been struggling the last couple of seasons. It's not a top 20 show yet, but I hope one day it will be.

Catch the fun Las Vegas every Monday at 9PM on NBC!

Capt. Mike

Beauty & The Geek back on WB

What's On Tonight?

ABC
8:00 p.m. A Charlie Brown Christmas (Repeat)
9:00 p.m. Commander In Chief (Repeat - Vice President Mackenzie Allen unites the nation in the wake of the president's death, quelling her critics, who wanted her to resign to allow the Speaker of the House to succeed to the office).
10:00 p.m. Boston Legal (While Denise Bauer shops with her housekeeper and the woman's 4-year-old son, the boy is kidnapped by a known pedophile.)

CBS
8:00 p.m. NCIS (Repeat)
9:00 p.m. The Amazing Race 8: Family Edition
10:00 p.m. The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

NBC
8:00 p.m. Fear Factor (season premiere)
9:00 p.m. My Name Is Earl (Earl, Randy and Catalina enter a radio contest to win a new car for Joy, so Earl can atone for all of the thoughtless presents he gave Joy when they were married. )
9:30 p.m. The Office (After Michael suggests a game of ``Yankee Swap'' with the Secret Santa gifts, everyone fights over Michael's gift to Ryan, bringing morale to an all-time low. )
10:00 p.m. Law & Order: SVU (An investigation into the near-fatal beating of a 12-year-old boy uncovers a female suspect whose trial becomes about the rights of same-sex parents.)

Fox
8:00 p.m. The 2005 Billboard Music Awards

UPN
8:00 p.m. America's Next Top Model (Repeat)
9:00 p.m. America's Next Top Model (Repeat)

WB
8:00 p.m. Gilmore Girls (Repeat)
9:00 p.m. Supernatural (Repeat)

Captain Mike's Picks: A Charlie Brown Christmas, My Name Is Earl, The Office, Boston Legal.

NEWS
Beauty & The Geek will be back for a second season on the WB in January - in a more competitive timeslot. It will take over Everwood's timeslot (Thursdays at 9PM) for 8 weeks, starting January 12. It will air opposite TV's #1 show, CSI. But I think it will survive, it really is a different type of show. Read the whole story here:
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271989711,00.html

This is Captain Mike signing off!